Evaluación Técnico-Económica Preliminar de la Producción de Electricidad a Partir de Plantas Termosolares en Cuba

From the interest that the Cuban state presents to increase the inclusion of renewable energy sources up to 24% in the country's energy matrix, the idea of ​​carrying out this work arises, which consists of evaluating the feasibility of the production of electricity from solar thermal plants in Cuba. The plants analyzed are parabolic trough, Fresnel and central tower technology. For this, three locations belonging to the western, central and eastern region were chosen; In addition, two types of cooling were analyzed: air and evaporative. The analysis variables that were taken were: energy purchase agreement, internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), capacity factor, conversion factor and amount of water used. The results show that the cost of kWh ranges between 20 and 38 cents depending on the type of technology and region of analysis.